Daily Quiz | at the theater
This playwright Safdar Hashmi was murdered in 1989 while performing a street play “Halla Bol”. He was best known for his work with street theater in India.
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1 / 7 | The three most acclaimed Greek playwrights, who often explored themes of tragedy, have contributed immensely to the field of world literature through works such as Antigone, the Oresteia trilogy, and The Trojan Women. Name the playwrights.
2/7 | The play, a two-act tragedy, is set in 1940s New York and tells the story of a traveling salesman who is disillusioned with his life. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. What is the name of the play and who wrote it?
3/7 | Hayavadana is a play by Indian playwright Girish Karnad. In which language was it originally written? It is based on two different books. name them.
4/7 | Doctor Faustus is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Christopher Marlowe. One of the characters in the play is one of various figures from Roman folklore associated with the planet Venus. Subsequently, the name of the entity was absorbed into Christianity as the name of Satan. Which character is being talked about here?
5/7 | These three Indian films have been adapted from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet. The director, who directed all the three films, also has films like The Blue Umbrella and Makdee to his credit. Which are the three movies?
6/7 | It is known as the National Theater of Ireland. It served as a nursery for many Irish playwrights, including William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory and Sean O’Casey. Which is the theatre?
7/7 | West Side Story is a play by Jerome Robbins. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in mid-1950s New York City. In 2021, it was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg. What type of drama is West Side Story?
